Joan Faus

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is seeing signs of new artificial intelligence features in phones helping boost demand in China and is upbeat about growing in Europe, unfazed by the risk of an AI bubble in the industry, a top executive said on Tuesday.

Leaders of Catalonia's regional pro-independence party Junts agreed on Monday to withdraw support from Spain's leftist government, further complicating its ability to pass the budget and other legislation.

Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate stood at 3% in September, up from 2.7% in the period through August, final data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday.

Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld core elements of a disputed amnesty law enacted by the Socialist government after Catalonia's failed 2017 secession bid, under which more than 300 people have been pardoned.

Activists against overtourism are planning protests across Spain, Portugal and Italy on Sunday, with one group urging people to bring water pistols to the demonstration in Barcelona.

Spain's Catalonia region on Tuesday approved a 3.2 billion-euro ($3.7 billion) expansion of Barcelona's airport, angering environmental groups and campaigners against excessive tourism.

As factories, stores and hotels across Spain and Portugal gradually returned to normal on Tuesday after a huge blackout the day before, business associations and companies began counting the cost.

Spanish fashion retailer Mango is adapting to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imports from China and could rethink the types of products it sells in the U.S., which is its fifth-largest market, the company's chief executive said.

Spanish drugmaker Grifols reported on Wednesday a net profit of 157 million euros ($165.02 million) for 2024 on revenues of 7.21 billion euros, up 10.2% from a year earlier and above its target for 7% sales growth.

Spain's Cellnex , Europe's largest mobile phone tower operator, will launch a share buyback programme worth 800 million euros ($840 million) on March 3 after closing the sale of its Ireland business, hoping this will help boost its share price as it continues to cut debt.